The national chart of Italy

The republic of Italy was born in 1946 under the versatile, communicative
sign of Gemini. Pluto, as it moves through Sagittarius, presents major
challenges to this country's political, financial, and social structures,
offering the possibility of a total transformation of outlook with greater
stability and the fulfilment of many cherished social ideals. However,
it would seem that this potential, because of Pluto's delving quality,
can only be achieved if there is greater transparency and openness on
the part of both government and people.

Italy's birth chart reflects
the double-edged gift of an intense and enormously creative individuality
coupled with a propensity to shroud many things from prying eyes. It
is this inclination toward secrecy, reflected in many areas of Italian
life and government, which may be challenged by Pluto, and old sores
and grievances inherited from the past may need to be brought into
the open and re-evaluated so that the innate optimism, idealism and generosity
expressed by the fine aspect between the Sun and Jupiter in this birth
chart can be anchored in positive changes which benefit everyone.

Uranus,
also a harbinger of change and progress, is crossing the area of
Italy's chart which reflects its past, and this too suggests that many
issues
- both religious and social - need to be finally confronted and transformed.
Italy's Scorpio Moon, hidden away in the area of the chart concerned
with ancestral inheritance, suggests that old wounds linger for a
long time, and so does the people's mistrust of authority, whether religious
or political. The cleansing and inspirational energies of both Pluto
and Uranus could provide the possibility for the healing of these
wounds.

Whether or not you are personally in sympathy with the kinds of
changes now on the horizon, this is one of the countries most powerfully
affected by important planetary movements in the next decade, and the
potential
for positive change and the expression of each individual citizen's
creative
gifts is enormous.

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